Debian CDs/DVDs archive

Old Debian releases on CD/DVD

This is where we store older CD/DVD releases of Debian. If
you want to download the current release, look
in the release area.

The following releases are currently available here:

Some user-provided 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 images (Hamm, Slink, Potato)

3.0_r0 to 3.0_r6 (Woody)

3.1_r0 to 3.1_r8 (Sarge)

4.0_r0 to 4.0_r9 (Etch)

5.0.0 to 5.0.10 (Lenny)

6.0.0 to 6.0.10 (Squeeze)

7.0.0 to 7.11.0 (Wheezy)

8.0.0 to ... (Jessie)

Notes for older versions

Most importantly: the archive images are provided as a
service for our users who may need them. We strongly recommend
that you install the current stable release of Debian if at all
possible, as that is where you will receive the best support. Older
releases will no longer receive security updates - this is limited to
12 months after the release of the succeeding stable version
(e.g. Squeeze was released on the 6th of February 2011, meaning that
we stopped formal security support of Lenny in March 2012).

In the days of Woody (3.0), we started producing DVDs reliably for
every release from r5 onwards. Later releases included both CDs and
DVDs as a matter of course.

Starting with Etch (4.0), we started making multi-architecture
CDs/DVDs which would boot and allow for installation on more than one
type of computer.

Starting with Lenny (5.0), we added Blu-ray (BD) images,
downloadable only in jigdo format for the sake of mirror space and
bandwidth. We also regularly produced live images - bootable images
that run completely from the CD/DVD/USB stick and do not need to be
installed to your hard
disk. (More
details...)

Starting with Squeeze (6.0), we started building CDs and DVDs for
kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386, marking the first released non-Linux
port of Debian.

Installing an older release

If you're going to use an older release, you may need to tweak the
setup to make it work. For example, some old versions may install
using references to "stable" instead of the the code name of the
release and this may confuse systems attempting to install security
updates. See the FAQ
for more information here.